As I understood it, Jorj's position was that because anti-abortionists feel as they do, HE, Jorj, feels that they shouldn't have to pay for the particular medical procedure, abortion, with their taxes.
Jorj is free to change his position to "Everyone may fight to have his ethical objection to supporting a particular government expenditure put into law." He can say, "I myself feel abortion should be treated like other medical procedures for the poor, but of course I approve of any ethical interest group's fighting for tax rebates (or other mechanisms such as denial of government funding) in respect to that group's interest.
It should be noted that though most Americans support the right to abortion and to birth control, the Bush administration has issued an executive order, ie fiat, cutting foreign aid to clinics for other services, including birth control and after-care for botched abortions, where the organization offers abortion counseling.
Famine works, though. Takes a little longer, but it's cheap. |
